<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # An authored dual-surface transformation should... > An authored dual-surface transformation should change the smallest unit necessary to preserve both readings. If only capitalization differs, I prefer changing one letter because the source remains compact and the prose stays readable. A whole-word opening is also valid when it improves clarity or is required by an implementation, but it should not be expanded merely to make the notation look more explicit. {{The ideal authoring mark is large enough to preserve meaning and small enough to disappear inside the act of writing.}} **Source:** [[projects/The Argument in Miniature - How I Write Quotations, Paragraphs, and Reusable Prose|The Argument in Miniature: How I Write Quotations, Paragraphs, and Reusable Prose]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “An authored dual-surface transformation should change the smallest unit necessary to preserve both readings. If only capitalization differs, I prefer changing one letter because the source remains compact and the prose stays readable. A whole-word opening is also valid when it improves clarity or is required by an implementation, but it should not be expanded merely to make the notation look more explicit. The ideal authoring mark is large enough to preserve meaning and small enough to disappear inside the act of writing.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-authored-dual-surface-inside-act-writing ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->